Ever wonder how companies are connected? Then you might want to check out They Rule which maps relationships between corporate board members. It also includes data for some colleges and universities. It’s basically Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon for the corporate world. A partial map of the tech industry:

It should be noted that this is not live data, but that gathered from SEC filings and other documents and is only updated yearly at this point.

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